Last time in 21 Jump Street they went under cover in a high school, this time it’s a college and many of the jokes relate to how old they look. All the usual bromance tropes are employed with plenty of new and funny twists.

The pair work well together – fast and foolish – with Tatum performing all the action man stunts and Hill endlessly having to take the stairs. Captain Dickson, played unsubtly by Ice Cube, sends Jenko and Scmidt to college to trace the source of a new drug which has killed a college student.

They have a photo of her taken during a drug deal with a man with a distinctive tattoo.

In college, Jenko begins to find himself on the football field and bonds uncannily with Zook played by Wyatt Russell.

We also meet Mercedes, the roommate of the dead girl, played with unerring and brilliant nastiness by Jillian Bell of whom we will all be seeing much more.

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